Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Critter day.

Imagine this in it's hay days.

2009 Harvest. All within 50 feet. Small yard gardens.

The birds made me do it. Really, as I sat in may chair working (really) I looked out the window and the blackbirds were stripping the tree. Decision time. Work, pick, work, pick, work, pick? I'll..............take a break from work and pick.

I'm going for the low hanging fruit. In this case sour cherries.


Might just as well pick some raspberries while I'm taking a break from work to pick cherries.

Might also need to check and see "what's on deck" to harvest next. Plums and........

Grapes and..............
Transparent apples.

Mid summer. Time to start the harvesting of the 2009 crops.

My favorite green thumb owner harvesting this year's cherry crop.

Fall Harvest 2008

Swenson Red grapes.



Haral Red apples.


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Apples and grapes just before harvest. Notice the single bunch of grapes in the upper left. And your eyes are not fooling you there is netting covering the grapes. The yard birds love the grapes. Last year a family of Cardinals wiped out the crop before we could get our share. Not this year.


Fresh Swenson Red jelly



Haral Red apples

Our "bountiful" harvest. At least a sampling.

All grown and soon to be consumed in our backyard.

The road home.

I told you it was getting cooler.


This coyote was headed to the brush on a dead out run as soon as he saw me stop.


Ryan B. Did you catch this sighting on the way home?


This struck me as one of the stranger perching locations I've seen. I believe this Killdeer is sitting on a pile of lime.

A sign of changing seasons. The days are cooling.

Late summer crop.

Laying down on the job.

This odd looking device is used in harvesting asparagus. Thanks to Joe Strenke for the demonstration. Stop and visit J & S Produce (organic) 9 miles West of Spooner WI on Hwy. 70.